History Characters / TheWitcherMainCharacters

* StatuesqueStunner: Subverted; in the books, at one point Ciri is estimated to be about 5'9 by Leo Bonhart and an associate, indicting she's quite a tall lass, though she wouldn't call herself 'stunning' on account of his facial scar. In the third game, Ciri is indeed ''stunning'', her scar having healed and ShesAllGrownUp, but she's visibly one of the shorter women (ArtisticAge is likely in play, as everyone being OneHeadTaller is a good way to infer to the viewer she's the youngest). She's noticeably shorter than Yennefer, who has always been described in the books as petite but very pretty. It's also notable that artistic renditions of book!Ciri have usually depicted her as quite short (again, artistic age is in play), though every time Ciri was described in the text prior, she was often described as small and short, especially when among the Rats as she was described as the smallest among them. Given that her listed height was just an estimation of two much larger men, it's more likely that they may have been off.

* TookALevelInJerkass: During her time with the Rats, she adopts a malicious disposition and becomes an enthusiastic participant in their crimes. [[SubvertedTrope Thankfully she grows out of it.]]

* CanNotSpitItOut: One of the reasons for her and Geralt's frequent break-ups was their inability to admit to their feelings, and their inability to accept the vulnerability that such feelings wrought in them. At one point, she slept with another sorceror while in a casual sex relationship with Geralt (in "A Shard of Ice"). In that same story, it was revealed that after Geralt left her with a note and flowers after staying with her for a year in Vengerburg, she spent the next four years in a relationship with the sorceror Istredd. It was hinted that she intends to break up with Istredd in "A Shard of Ice" before he proposed to her, thereby making her even more uncertain of her real feelings, thereby sleeping with her. In that same story, it was further hinted that she would have dropped Istredd if only Geralt would admit to his feelings for her. It was when she was shown that Geralt was still unable to admit to his feelings, using his Witcher lifestyle as an excuse, that she created another kestrel and broke up with the two of them. Subverted after ''Time of Contempt'', when Geralt and Yennefer finally admit and declared their feelings for each other, Yennefer remained faithful to him, rejecting any and all romantic advances from her ex-lover, Crach an Craite.

* OneTrueLove: Both Geralt and Yennefer have many lovers, but the saga makes it clear they are this towards each other. [[spoiler:However, this can be subverted in the 3rd game.]]

* ByronicHero: A rare female example. Yennefer has most of the traits that go with the archetype that cause no shortage of conflict for her and others. She's sophisticated, intelligent, determined, and overall disdainful of the politics of nations and her fellow sorcerers alike, but she's also selfish, impulsive, prone to moodiness, unwilling to accept responsibility for her failings, difficult to like and understand, and uncompromising in getting what she wants. Despite her development and insight in the books, she promptly reverts fully back to this after the amnesia she was inflicted with by the Wild Hunt.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In ''Assassins Of Kings'', after Geralt has traded himself for Yennefer to the Wild Hunt. Returned to the Continent in a weakened, sick and amnesiac state, Letho of Gulet and his fellow Viper School Witchers decide to look after and take her along with them, aiding and helping protect her in Nilfgaardian territory, which is quite severe towards magic users. She proves to be difficult, with the Vipers having to keep bailing her out from her temperamental amnesia induced antics, throwing fits and getting into trouble wherever they went, with her trying to sow division among the witchers as well. She ends up drawing too much attention from Emperor Emhyr's Imperial Secret Police, leading to the entire group [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished being captured]], and the Vipers soon after [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse coerced and manipulated]] into becoming the Kingslayers who go on to sow chaos and war for Emhyr in the Northern Realms. Setting a number of the disastrous events of ''Assassins Of Kings'' and ''Wild Hunt'' into motion.

** It's up to the player of ''Wild Hunt'' if Ciri reciprocates the affections of a Skelliger youth Skjall, informs his sister Astrid that she prefers the company of women, or does some combination of both. Later in the game, Geralt implies that she's shared the bed of a woman bartender, which Ciri doesn't confirm or deny.